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Melissamesq only Is it retaliation if You were told in

Melissamesq only Is it retaliation if You...

Melissamesq onlyIs it retaliation ifYou were told in writing before you left via text that you were permitted to use items you got permission to purchase, then upon returning your supervisor denied giving you permission. Until you prove it with the text, reporting that I failed to follow orders by failing to remove items.Or if you are told to do an entire inventory hand written because your boss wants the inventory tomorrow and your laptop will not be finished till Friday?

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Hello...thanks for the direct request. Ok, well let's work backward. Being asked to do a handwritten inventory would not be retaliation on its face. However, if your laptop is finished Friday and it will significantly facilitate your ability to do inventory, and there is no legitimate business reason to demand that the inventory be done by Thursday, this may be evidence of vindictive behavior on the supervisor's part.

Remember that to be illegal retaliation in the reinstatement context, the employer has to ratify the retaliatory behavior. Right now, it's bad behavior by your supervisor, and HR should have been IMMEDIATELY notified of this scenario. Everything you described above should be brought to HR's attention without regard to how Kelly feels about it.

Regarding the text issue, if you are stating that Kelly has point blank lied to you, that is an immediate HR issue. You can not suppress these problems over concern about Kelly's opinion of you, if she is now lying and misrepresenting things about you. It is one thing for her to be petty and trivial, but it is quite another is she is lying and denying what she said and telling you to prove it. If you have the text [and you should because common sense in this situation would dictate that you NEVER delete her texts right now], then you can show her and HR that she is deliberately trying to undermine you, taunt you, and act in violation of your reinstatement agreement. Her conduct is worrisome and potentially serious and needs to be brought to HR's attention first thing in the morning, as well as the City attorney's attention.

Thank you for your post, and I truly wish you a peaceful and healing 2019.

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I went to HR directly with the confirmation text. But it seems as though no harm no foul. Also told her that the trash my supervisor was complaining about were 2 crumpled pieces of jr high homework, the jr high is across the street so it is understandable the trash came from a student that threw it out on the way to school and not neglect on my staffs part.

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